The Best Restaurants For Biscuits And Gravy In The US

Biscuits and gravy are one of those breakfast foods that are always a welcomed sight on a restaurant menu. Whether it's the local diner or an upscale bistro, biscuits smothered in thick sausage gravy are just a foolproof combination. It's a hearty breakfast you can never go wrong ordering, especially to renourish yourself after a night out with too many drinks. 

While you can't go wrong with biscuits and gravy, no two plates are created equal. Biscuits, in their flaky and buttery nature, are hard to perfect. It's also common for chefs to have a difficult time mastering a flavorful gravy with the right consistency to coat the biscuits. Thankfully, the U.S. is full of savory renditions of biscuits and gravy that are wonderfully distinct while all being worth a road trip.

We did a search for some of the best biscuits and gravy that are served at restaurants across the U.S. We didn't discriminate by location or type of eatery — we just wanted to find restaurant recipes that are raved about by those who have dined on them. Hopefully, we help you to narrow down the options for a brunch stop during your next cross-country road trip. 

Up in New England, Firefly is an American upscale bistro that might not look like the go-to spot for comfort food, but the Manchester, New Hampshire locals know not to judge a book by its cover. Firefly has an unbeatable brunch menu with various Benedicts, omelets, and customizable Bloody Marys. One menu staple that is a must-order for someone at your brunch table is the biscuits and gravy. 

Firefly makes its own homemade sausage gravy to smother over biscuits with two eggs and breakfast potatoes. The plate is made even better when the customer chooses to add a fried chicken upgrade in between those flaky biscuits and luscious gravy. The dish alone is worth making a brunch reservation in advance for Firefly the next time you're in the area, and make sure to come hungry because the menu will certainly tempt you to order more than one dish. 

The Silver Skillet is an Atlanta, Georgia institution. The restaurant, which has been in the city since the 1950s, has been featured in countless TV shows and movies over the years and is a frequent spot of celebrity clientele. The menu is full of Southern breakfast plates, including their raved-about biscuits and gravy. The prices alone are enough to make your jaw drop. Silver Skillet sells one biscuit smothered in gravy for $3 or two for $5.50. 

The Silver Skillet kitchen staff is whipping up both red-eye gravy and country gravy on a regular basis for their various plates. It's a must to keep up with the demand for the biscuits ordered at nearly every table on a given morning. "Biscuits and gravy are to die for. There was not a crumb left on anyone's plate," one Trip Advisor user wrote in a review. 

Amazing biscuits and gravy renditions aren't just limited to big-city restaurant menus. No, some of the best breakfasts in the country come from roadside stops and unassuming diners, like Rustic Diner in Barnum, Minnesota. The breakfast venue has another budget-friendly biscuits and gravy option available for $5.50, or $7 if you want to add eggs. It's one of those places that might not seem like much, but you'll end up having one of the best and most memorable breakfasts ever at Rustic Diner. 

"We have traveled all over the U.S. and have tried biscuits & gravy at hundreds of places. We haven't found one yet that compares to the biscuits & gravy at Lou's Rustic Diner," one Trip Advisor user wrote in a raving review of the dish. Rustic Diner also sells other hearty options like corned beef hash, loaded egg skillets, and plenty of other diner delicacies. 

Slappy Cakes is a restaurant with a few locations in Hawaii, Oregon, and Singapore, but it's truly a must-stop spot for those visiting Maui in search of a good breakfast. The restaurant is most notable for its innovative concept of customers making their own pancakes at their table with a built-in griddle. The pancakes are a must-order, but Slappy Cakes menu is full of other inventive breakfast plates worth trying, like Southern smothered biscuits. 

Biscuits and gravy might not be easy to come by in Hawaii, but Slappy Cakes has an excellent execution. The homemade biscuits and gravy plate with eggs are sold for just $9, making it a budget-friendly and filling breakfast to fuel a day on the island. You can even amp up the dish even more with side orders of Portuguese sausage, Spam, or other toppings that make it more of your own creation to stay in the spirit of Slappy Cakes' DIY approach. 

Another excellent stop in the Pacific Northwest for biscuits and gravy is Pine State Biscuits in Portland for a fulfilling breakfast experience. A few North Carolina natives moved to Oregon and brought their passion for authentic Southern biscuits with them in 2006 and have developed a cult following of fans. 

Aside from the restaurant's classic biscuits and gravy, Pine State Biscuits offer plenty of biscuits sandwiches you can load up with gravy, both sausage and shiitake mushroom. To get a better idea of the personality of the menu, the "reggie" breakfast sandwich includes bacon, cheese, and fried chicken smothered with gravy. At Pine State, it's all about going big or going home. "The texture of the bread-to-gravy was balanced well. Food didn't get soggy and was served at the perfect temp. 10/10 would recommend to anyone going to Portland to visit," one Yelp user wrote in a review of the breakfast menu. 

Chicago, Illinois is home to a baker's heaven and it's called Bang Bang Pie and Biscuits. The restaurant has a menu filled with sweet and savory pies, loaded biscuits, quiches, and more to enjoy any time of the day. Bang Bang sells a basic biscuit covered in gravy that might be simple, but you'll be hard-pressed not to eat it all. It's also just the right size to justify ordering more than one of the menu's tantalizing options. 

The restaurant allows for customizations to the biscuits and gravy plate so you can add all of the eggs, breakfast meat, and cheese (even a creamy pimento spread) to make it an even more filling meal than just the basic variation. No matter how many toppings you add, the flaky biscuit and the creamy gravy will remain the stars of the plate. 

Over on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, Egg is one foodie haven that every visitor needs to check out at least once on their trip. The breakfast and lunch place serves up tantalizing options like peanut butter french toast and a mini croque madame featuring a quail egg. There are so many tempting options, but the homemade buttermilk biscuits with "super-sage" sausage gravy shouldn't be overlooked. Egg even offers the plate as a side or a take-and-bake option to help make your decision-making easier. 

Egg's biscuits and gravy are herby and flavorful. It's not your average sausage gravy, but you don't want it to be. The flavors of sage and sausage are best enjoyed via a buttery biscuit vehicle. "The biscuits and gravy are freakin amazing though, even the carry-out biscuits and gravy are really good and reasonably priced," one Yelp user wrote in a review of Egg. 

Whenever you find yourself in Phoenix, Arizona with a craving for a satisfying brunch, Vovomeena is the answer. Their brunch menu is so good that they won't ever allow any substitutions, even if you ask nicely. The star of the menu is the buttermilk biscuit that is swimming in white Schreiner's sausage gravy and topped with two eggs for good measure. 

It's another example of a classic plate executed correctly, which is why people continue to come back to Vovomeena just to eat it. "Went with a dish that is served everywhere, but rarely perfect, biscuits & gravy," one Trip Advisor review reads. "The biscuits & gravy (with a splash of Cholula) was divine. Flavorful, rich, full of sausage, creamy, eggs cooked perfectly." While the biscuits and gravy entree is undoubtedly filling, it leaves just enough room for you to add one of Vovomeena's famous Portuguese donuts to your plate for dessert.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the options for biscuits and gravy at Dallas breakfast chain Norma's Cafe. Now with a few locations around Dallas, Norma's started with humble beginnings in 1956. To this day, the restaurant keeps with its goal of making it feel like home, especially when it comes to its homemade cooking. 

There are plenty of ways to eat biscuits and gravy at Norma's, including a basic side order for just $4. Many loyal diners recommend the Old Number 7, which features a biscuit, scrambled eggs, bacon, and hash browns smothered in sausage gravy. But wait — then the chefs top it with cheese, jalapenos, tomatoes, and a whole other biscuit to make it more ridiculous. For the meat eaters, there are options for biscuits and gravy served with country-fried steak, fried chicken, or sausage with just as many toppings. Norma's also has Southern sides to compliment the biscuits and gravy combinations, like grits or a "Big Ole cinnamon roll." 

District Biskuits started as a pop-up restaurant by a Kansas City, Missouri native with a passion for mastering the art of biscuit baking. The restaurant, now with a permanent location in the city, serves up biscuits any way you want them, including smothered in gravy. District Biskuits boasts that the biscuits and gravy dish is "done right (our way)," which is a quality that you have to truly taste to fully conceptualize. 

The breakfast and lunch menu also includes items like jumbo chicken tenders, Nashville hot fried chicken, fried sweet potatoes, and more to jazz up your meal, but the biscuits and gravy are a must-order dish. "The biscuits were crispy on the outside flaky on the inside. The gravy was the real deal with plenty of sausage! All ingredients tasted 'made from scratch,'" one Facebook user wrote in a review of their breakfast at District Biskuits.